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Age Discrimination

Volume 301: debated on Wednesday 24 September 1997

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on the protection afforded under (a) European Union and (b) United Kingdom law to employees against age discrimination. [17044]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of undergraduate students admitted to Oxford and Cambridge universities came from grant-maintained schools in the most recent year for which figures are available. [16857]

The information requested is not held centrally. I understand that the Admissions Offices of both universities do produce annual statistics along these lines and my hon. Friend might care to speak to them directly.